Chenille-machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

T. JOHNSON.

GHENILLE MAGHIN'B.

Patented July 19 I No. 366,729.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

T. JOHNSON. GHENILLE MACHINE.

No. 366,729. Patented July 19, 1887.

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ljNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JOHNSON, OF PATERSON, NE\V J ER-SEY.

CHENlLLE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,729, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed August 11, 1885. Serial No. 174,107. (No model.l

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Tnonas JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementiu GhenilleMachines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine whereby chenille ofany desired length may be produced, free from knots, by a machine occupying but little space.

Figure l of the drawings shows one side of my invention in elevation and attached to a chenille-machine, a portion only of such machine being shown. Fig. 2 is a plan of my iuventiomshowing the arrangement of the devices, in which figure a portion only of the chenille-machine is shown; and Fig. 3 shows in elevation a part front view of my invention,in which fignreis visible the form of supportingrails, cones, spindle, tension-pulleys, guide-frame, guide, 830.

A represents a portion of an ordinary chenille-machine,in the frame A of which isjournaled a driving-drum, A), having drivingbands I) b 850. To the machine A, I secure by belts or otherwise an attachment, B, having a frame, 13. To the frame 13", I arrange and secure by bolts curved spindle-supporting rails D and D,having upwardprojecting portions Dflin which are arranged bush-bearings h h h h and t" t i, in which are journaled the spindles of fliers ff,&c. On each flierspindle is a cone, 6 e,&c.,to accommodate one of the driving-bands b b, &c., from the drum A The cone end of the tlierspindle,which is hollow, has in it an opening, a, through which the spun chenille passes to the guide eyes 0 p,arrangecl therefor on the arms of the flier. The outer end of the flier-spindle has arranged for it a set-screw, k, to control the movement of the spindle endwise, while the body of the spindle is provided with a spool,

g, tapering at one end, as shown, on which is wound the spun chenille. The spool g,which is loose on the flier-spindle, has a groove, 9",

to accommodate a band, 6", having attached thereto a weight, 6, one end of which band is suitably fastened to a pin or screw fixed in the rail D. To the rail D are secured adjustably depending rods 1one for each spindleon which rods are journaled grooved band-pulleys c c 0 c",each rod 1 being secured in position by means ofa clip, 2, that passes over the rod and through a slot formed therefor in the rail D to receive a screw-nut on the opposite side of the rail to hold the rod toits adjustments.

The guide-frame F, which is bolted to the su irporting-frame, as shown in Fig. 3, has arranged thereon and secured thereto a guide eye, F. To the sides of the frame B are fastened by bolts reel-supporting arms at, in the bearings m of which is journaled a reel, E, having a handle,

The operation is as follows: The spun chenille is taken from the machine A through the orifice of the flier-spindle to the opening a of the same, out through said opening to and through guide-eyes 0 p to the spool or bobbin 9, and is made fast thereto,after which the ma chine A is putinto motion. The fliersff,&c., driven from drum A'firevolve around the spools g g, &c., and deliver the chenille Gas spun to the spools g and wind the same thereon. The spools,being loose on the flier-spindle,are revolved thereon by the chenille, and are prevented from reverse rotation by the drag Z l". ,Thc spools are made reasonably short to afford space on the flier-spindle for endwisc movement of the spools thereon, to accommodate the chenille and prevent the same from filling too quickly under the delivery-eyes p of the fliers. The taperon the spools permits the spun chenille to be easily removed by the attendant from the larger end of the spools under the delivery-eye to the small ends, so that the entire length of each spool may be covered with chenille before it is cut and wound on the reel. As the winding of the chcnille O on the spoolsg procceds,and those portions of the spools under the delivery-eyes p are filled with chenille, the latter is drawn outward on the spools by the attendant from under the delivery-eyes until the entirelength of the spools is filled with chenille. The ma chine is then stopped and the chenille C out at a suitable point,when the spool end of the same is taken up, as shown by dotted lines,to v Having describedmy invention, Iclaim and and through a guideeye, F, and from thence desire to secure by Letters Patent to the reel E, and is wound 011 said reel by The combination, with the flier and its spin- I 5 means of the handle E. The chenillehaving dle and the bobbins supported on the spindle, 5 been transferred from the spools g to the reel E, of the frame F, the guides carried thereby, and

the machine is restarted and thespools refilled the winding-reel E. by succeeding operations. After having been V wound on the reel E, the chenille G is tied in THOMAS JOHNSON. hanks and is removed from the reel in the 10 usual way. Any practical number of spindles WVitnesses:

anditheir devices may be operated at the same ISAAC MCGEE, time on the same machine. WILLIAM HOLMES. 

